The Business of Government Hour

The Business of Government Hour features a conversation about management with a government executive who is changing the way government does business. The executives discuss their careers and the management challenges facing their organizations. Past government executives include Administrators, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Operating Officers, Commissioners, Controllers, Directors, and Undersecretaries.

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Jennifer Main interview

Friday, October 30th, 2009 - 20:00

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Jennifer Main is the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Financial Stability U.S. Department of the Treasury

Jennifer Main(Jenni) is the Chief Financial Officer, Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance at the Department of the Treasury.

Prior to that she was named Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in October 2005, after serving as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer for three years.

Prior to joining SBA, she was a Senior Manager with KPMG Consulting's banking practice where she worked with private and public sector financial institutions. She is also a successful entrepreneur, having started a small business in 1998 that provided financial analysis to lenders nationwide. The company was sold to a venture capital firm in 2000.

Jenni served as a Budget Analyst at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget from 1991 to 1996 and developed a specialty in Federal credit programs.

She has a B.A. from Cornell University and a Master's in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and was a Presidential Management Intern. She is a member of the Risk Management Association and resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland with her husband and two children.